Law, Classification, and the Making of Race in Colonial America 

A Textbook on Reclassification, Sovereignty, and the Archive

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Law does more than regulate behavior. It also helps define categories, distribute rights, establish boundaries of belonging, and shape the institutional structures through which people are understood.

Law, Classification, and the Making of Race in Colonial America examines reclassification, sovereignty, race-making, and the archive through a legal and historical lens. It explores how colonial legal systems participated in the construction and stabilization of racial categories, and how those classifications became embedded within institutions, records, and systems of power.

This text is designed for readers interested in legal history, race-making, sovereignty, classification, archival systems, and the relationship between law and social structure.  

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